SOUTH JERSEY HEALTHCARE-ELMER HOSPITAL - ELMER, NJ

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Addresss:
501 WEST FRONT STREET
ELMER, NJ, 08318
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (856) 363-1000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 18.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 44.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 214.75
Dieticians : 1.25
Registered Pharmacists : 3.00
Respiratory Therapists : 3.00
Medical Social Workers : 3.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 91
Total Certified: 91

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

6
State:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

98.0%
New Jersey:

98.7%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

94.0%
New Jersey:

98.0%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
New Jersey:

98.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.1%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

97.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

95.0%
New Jersey:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

79.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

97.0%
New Jersey:

97.7%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

97.0%
New Jersey:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

97.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

93.0%
New Jersey:

95.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

96.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

98.0%
New Jersey:

97.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

96.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.2%
State:

14.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

10.2%
State:

10.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

11.0%
New Jersey:

11.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.3%
New Jersey:

21.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.7%
State:

26.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.5%
New Jersey:

19.5%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,295
New Jersey:

$57,616
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,499
State:

$8,393
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.39%
State:

0.74%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$63,262
New Jersey:

$88,086
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,667
New Jersey:

$13,269
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

2.03%
New Jersey:

1.27%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,220
New Jersey:

$39,371
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,755
State:

$5,688
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.85%
State:

0.52%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,207
State:

$31,551
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,453
State:

$4,331
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.57%
New Jersey:

0.75%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,252
State:

$44,543
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,107
State:

$6,394
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.02%
State:

0.59%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,624
State:

$45,839
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,363
State:

$6,359
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

2.31%
New Jersey:

1.56%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$59,064
State:

$62,994
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,480
State:

$9,317
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.11%
New Jersey:

0.98%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,432
State:

$31,596
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,456
State:

$4,298
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

2.86%
New Jersey:

1.83%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,475
New Jersey:

$40,596
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,050
New Jersey:

$6,234
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

3.51%
New Jersey:

2.40%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,760
New Jersey:

$32,970
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,333
New Jersey:

$4,276
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.48%
New Jersey:

1.82%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,908
State:

$50,790
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,871
New Jersey:

$7,184
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

3.79%
New Jersey:

2.29%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$65,947
State:

$62,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,113
State:

$8,879
Number of discharges: 63
This Hospital:

5.82%
State:

2.07%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,010
New Jersey:

$39,596
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,303
New Jersey:

$5,361
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.94%
New Jersey:

1.56%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,642
State:

$45,234
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,016
State:

$6,470
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.57%
New Jersey:

0.79%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,705
New Jersey:

$37,750
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,409
State:

$5,392
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

4.80%
New Jersey:

3.49%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$45,098
New Jersey:

$51,281
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,624
New Jersey:

$7,633
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.66%
New Jersey:

2.03%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$43,614
State:

$47,680
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,563
State:

$6,887
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.20%
State:

0.65%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,460
State:

$52,684
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,245
State:

$7,674
Number of discharges: 60
This Hospital:

5.54%
New Jersey:

3.71%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$64,614
State:

$75,197
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,869
State:

$11,417
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

3.23%
New Jersey:

2.96%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,002
New Jersey:

$36,852
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,154
New Jersey:

$5,135
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.20%
New Jersey:

1.54%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$68,270
State:

$69,604
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,112
New Jersey:

$13,532
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.39%
New Jersey:

0.99%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,382
New Jersey:

$58,890
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,926
New Jersey:

$8,702
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.11%
New Jersey:

1.45%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$48,959
State:

$45,063
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,104
State:

$6,173
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.02%
State:

0.76%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$60,496
New Jersey:

$58,211
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,348
State:

$8,845
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

2.31%
State:

1.09%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,009
State:

$40,335
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,751
State:

$5,798
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

3.32%
New Jersey:

2.97%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$63,768
New Jersey:

$66,640
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,575
New Jersey:

$15,059
Number of discharges: 83
This Hospital:

7.66%
State:

3.99%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,832
State:

$41,590
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,794
New Jersey:

$6,442
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.48%
State:

1.06%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$45,002
State:

$57,544
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,407
State:

$9,024
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.57%
New Jersey:

0.75%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,835
State:

$37,551
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,192
New Jersey:

$5,216
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.49%
State:

2.13%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$39,411
New Jersey:

$46,769
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,025
State:

$7,398
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.02%
New Jersey:

0.72%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,577
State:

$48,224
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,926
New Jersey:

$7,309
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.29%
State:

0.68%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$92,691
New Jersey:

$70,978
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,480
New Jersey:

$9,692
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.94%
State:

0.81%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$41,308
New Jersey:

$41,991
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,824
State:

$6,196
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.85%
State:

1.48%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,665
State:

$52,443
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,209
State:

$7,686
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.75%
New Jersey:

2.07%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$61,092
State:

$80,919
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,916
State:

$12,608
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.20%
New Jersey:

1.38%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,643
New Jersey:

$63,749
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,848
State:

$10,364
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.02%
New Jersey:

0.78%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,179
New Jersey:

$44,017
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,619
New Jersey:

$6,078
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.11%
State:

0.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$108,828
New Jersey:

$88,530
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,035
State:

$14,676
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.39%
State:

4.36%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$55,980
New Jersey:

$56,844
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,943
State:

$8,721
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.29%
State:

1.42%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,014
State:

$51,726
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,146
New Jersey:

$7,544
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

3.51%
New Jersey:

2.50%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$74,506
State:

$72,085
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,537
New Jersey:

$10,984
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

3.60%
State:

1.49%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$113,507
State:

$115,949
Average Total Payments
Here:

$22,709
State:

$29,230
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.39%
New Jersey:

0.33%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,969
State:

$40,180
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,348
New Jersey:

$5,402
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

3.42%
New Jersey:

2.82%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,017
New Jersey:

$40,888
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,432
New Jersey:

$5,447
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

2.03%
State:

1.62%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 34%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

16%
New Jersey:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
New Jersey:

74%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
New Jersey:

17%
Always
Here:

78%
New Jersey:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
State:

15%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
State:

27%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
New Jersey:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

27%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
New Jersey:

67%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

22%
State:

24%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

59%
State:

58%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

11%
Usually
Here:

13%
New Jersey:

21%
Always
Here:

79%
State:

68%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
State:

16%
Usually
Here:

37%
State:

32%
Always
This Hospital:

49%
New Jersey:

52%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
Here:

86%
New Jersey:

79%
No
This Hospital:

14%
State:

21%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
This Hospital:

7%
State:

12%
7 or 8
Here:

21%
State:

26%
9 or 10
Here:

72%
State:

62%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

3%
New Jersey:

7%
Yes, probably
Here:

20%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
Here:

77%
State:

65%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.269%
State:

0.485%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.269%
New Jersey:

0.663%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
This Hospital:

0.269%
State:

0.331%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
Here:

37.300%
New Jersey:

33.039%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

10.500%
New Jersey:

11.744%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.110%
New Jersey:

0.094%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

7.100%
New Jersey:

6.521%

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